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No. 228,974. Patenfed June 22,1880.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. BILLINGS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HORSESHOE-BARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,974, dated June 22, 1880.

Application filed January 5, 1880.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, JOHN D. BILLINGS, of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bar- Iron for the Manufacture of Horseshoes by Machine; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a bar from which horseshoes of a particular form which secure a uniform distribution of the pressure upon the crust and sole of the hoof can be continuously formed by machine.

To this end the invention consists in a rectangular T-bar provided with a groove on the outer side of the vertical rib A, which latter is designed to form a continuous calk extending uniformly from heel to heel when the shoe is finished, and with a continuous ledge on the inner side of said rib, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a-perspective view of this improved bar. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of said bar. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a completed shoe formed from this improved bar, showing one leg broken off. Fig. 4 is a plan of the under side of a completed shoe made from this improved bar.

This bar consists of a narrow plate, B, havin g a uniform flat horizontal plane extending from edge to edge thereof, and a vertical rib, A, at right angles to and equally distant, or nearly so, from the edges of the plate B. As thus constructed a continuous ledge or pro- 0 jecting lip, B, is formed on that side of the bar which becomes the inner side when a shoe is bent into shape'therefrom.

A groove, R, is formed on the outer side of the rib of such form and depth that the sides of the heads of the nails are buried sufficiently deep to prevent the nails from becoming loose by concussion of the shoe against the pavement.

This bar is run through a horseshoe-machine adapted thereto, and the horseshoes or horseshoe blanks are formed therefrom. When so formed by the machine the plate Bconstitutes the platform on which the foot rests, the

rib A constituting a continuous calk extending uniformly around the shoe from heel to heel, while the groove It forms the fullering for receiving the heads of the nails, the design being that the bar shall be so bent as to bring the fullering upon the outer side of the central rib or calk. v

I disclaim Patents No. 76,501, dated April 7 1868, No. 84,462, dated November 24:, 1868, and N o. 120;8l3, dated November 14, 1871.

What is claimed as the invention is- As an article of manufacture, a rectangular T-bar, made of wrought-iron or steel, having a uniform flat horizontal plane, B, extending from edge to edge, a continuous ledge or projecting lip, B, and a continuous recess or groove, R, near the edge of said plane 13, so that the said groove will be upon the outer side of the rib A when bent in the form of a horseshoe, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix my signature in presence of twojwitnesse's.

. JOHN D. BILLINGS. Witnesses:

It. A. MORRISON,

J JAMES P. MGLEAN. 

